{"id":4843,"date":"2015-06-10T22:44:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T22:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/?page_id=4843"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:03:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T02:03:30","slug":"elizabeth-obimbo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/about\/who-we-are\/uon\/elizabeth-obimbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Obimbo, MBChB, MMed, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor of Paediatrics and Respiratory Medicine, University of Nairobi<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dr. Elizabeth Obimbo, MBChB, MMed, MPH, is professor and chairperson of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Nairobi and a consultant paediatrician at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Her background is in paediatrics and child health and epidemiology, with extensive clinical experience in preventive, promotive and curative aspects of the field. She has a special interest and training in paediatric respiratory disease and HIV.\u00a0 As a faculty member with the University of Nairobi (UON) Department of Paediatrics and Child Health for the last 16 years, she has participated in designing and conducting clinical research on infectious diseases and respiratory disease in children, in collaboration with local and international researchers. Dr. Obimbo holds a MBChB from the University of Nairobi, an MMed in Paediatrics from the University of Nairobi, an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington, and a CPulm in Paediatric Pulmonology from the University of Capetown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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  1. Onoh, I, Mugo, C, Riederer, A, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Were, FH, Loftus, C et al.<\/i>. Adapting, piloting, and evaluating a pediatric lead screening and risk-reduction intervention in Nairobi: A hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial protocol. medRxiv. 2026; :. doi: 10.64898\/2026.04.28.26351918<\/a>. PubMed PMID:42094172<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13142560<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Mullen, B, Githua, J, Escudero, JN, Mecha, J, Kijaro, L, Ndunge, M et al.<\/i>. Evaluation of non-sputum-based diagnostics for pediatric tuberculosis: the Pediatric TB Diagnostic (PDTBDx) cohort protocol. medRxiv. 2026; :. doi: 10.64898\/2026.04.01.26350011<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41959800<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13060392<\/a>.<\/li>
  3. Kipter, VK, Were, FH, Gatari, MJ, Zuidema, C, Seto, EYW, Stampfer, OD et al.<\/i>. Indoor and outdoor fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide concentrations in homes of infants in Nairobi, Kenya. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026;6 (4):e0006202. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pgph.0006202<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41941505<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13052846<\/a>.<\/li>
  4. Sekadde, MP, Chiang, SS, Brands, A, Casenghi, M, Chabala, C, Graham, SM et al.<\/i>. Tuberculosis research principles and priorities in children and adolescents: an international consensus statement. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2026; :. doi: 10.1016\/S2352-4642(26)00046-5<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41887231<\/a> .<\/li>
  5. Kang, YJ, Wang, N, Malik, A, Lu, P, Njuguna, I, Maleche-Obimbo, E et al.<\/i>. An Fc receptor and IgA functional signature identifies TB disease in children living with HIV. medRxiv. 2026; :. doi: 10.64898\/2026.02.08.26345833<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41728310<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12919122<\/a>.<\/ol>Search PubMed<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Professor of Paediatrics and Respiratory Medicine, University of Nairobi   Dr. Elizabeth Obimbo, MBChB, MMed, MPH, is professor and chairperson of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Nairobi and a consultant paediatrician at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Her background is in paediatrics and child health and epidemiology, with… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":10631,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_no-sidebar-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4843","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4843"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11254,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4843\/revisions\/11254"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}